This is my favorite backyard class-5 scramble in the Olympia area. The view is spectacular and it has very interesting in summer rock various to the summit too. No crowds either, which might have something to do with the relentlessly steep and primitive climbers trail.

Tried it 2 years ago with no route info but lost the way someplace. This time had the standard route info loaded on my phone and made it without any problem. I'm 68 years old, had a busy summer so haven't climbed or even hiked much, but still reached the top in under 3 hours. It is steep but not as hard, or exposed, as the route info suggests.

After summiting Ellinor two weeks ago, I wanted to take a look at Washington. Ascended to about 4500' on the standard route, but turned back due to weather and extremely hard snowpack. I'll definitely be back later this year.

Done this one 2 times. First one I did the Ellinor to Washington traverse, but don't remember when due to the deleted page... probably around 2005-7. Just went up again via the standard route and it was intense! Crazy vertical "trail" with some good scrambling. I loved it. Great hike, but not an easy one or one for novices.

Departed trailhead at 1300 and got to the summit at 1600. Mt Ellinor has been closed since 3 July due to aggressive mountain goats. I didn't see any goats on my way up. Good route, route finding was a bit tricky, and exposure on the summit block.